Best Wrong Lens, Pt. 2 - _TNY_1466
When trying to take photos of butterflies - the Canon MP-E65mm is both a great and an awful choice of lens. Mainly awful.
This is because the working distance is so poor - the furthest away you can be is 101 mm/4" (at 1:1 magnification) and for a shot like this one which was taken at 2:1 mag, it is about 63 mm / 2.5" between the front glass and the butterfly.
Obviously this is most of the times way to close for the butterfly to not fly away - but on the rare occasion when they don't, you are rewarded with a *very* sharp end result.
This is a scarce copper (Lycaena virgaureae), a species which definitely isn't the scarcest of coppers where I live - but the name originates from them previously being very scarce in the UK - and nowadays extinct there.
Part 1 is at slightly less magnification, but I think I like that shot even better. You can find it here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51732401970/
Best Wrong Lens, Pt. 2 - _TNY_1466
When trying to take photos of butterflies - the Canon MP-E65mm is both a great and an awful choice of lens. Mainly awful.
This is because the working distance is so poor - the furthest away you can be is 101 mm/4" (at 1:1 magnification) and for a shot like this one which was taken at 2:1 mag, it is about 63 mm / 2.5" between the front glass and the butterfly.
Obviously this is most of the times way to close for the butterfly to not fly away - but on the rare occasion when they don't, you are rewarded with a *very* sharp end result.
This is a scarce copper (Lycaena virgaureae), a species which definitely isn't the scarcest of coppers where I live - but the name originates from them previously being very scarce in the UK - and nowadays extinct there.
Part 1 is at slightly less magnification, but I think I like that shot even better. You can find it here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51732401970/